A storage medium which stores catalog information and a catalog information playback apparatus and method therefor. Using the method, catalog information including a still picture and additional information together with audio data are recorded on a storage medium such as a digital versatile disk (DVD), which is an optical record storage medium, and the catalog information is played back during playback of the audio data, to thereby provide various information on the audio data. Also, the apparatus includes a buffer memory for catalog playback which maintains a predetermined standard and compatibility, and is capable of real-time reading during playback of the audio data, and automatically plays back the catalog content, corresponding to the playback state of the audio data, when there is no additional selection of a user.
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1. A storage medium, comprising: audio data stored in at least one audio title set (ATS) in the storage medium; catalog information related to the audio data and stored in a predetermined area of the storage medium other than the at least one ATS; and an audio region comprising an audio data region in which the audio data is recorded in the at least one ATS, and an audio information region including catalog playback information connecting the audio data to the catalog information to be automatically reproduced during playback of the audio data.
2. The storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising: a catalog information region in which the catalog information is recorded; wherein the catalog playback information comprises information on a location of the catalog information region.
3. The storage medium of claim 2 , further comprising: an audio management (AMG) region in which the information on the location of the catalog information region is recorded.
4. The storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the catalog playback information comprises information on a location of a catalog information region in which the catalog information is recorded.
5. The storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the catalog playback information further comprises: an auto presentation information table determining a location of the catalog information to be played back corresponding to a predetermined time in accordance with real-time playback information of audio obtained from the audio data during real-time playback.
6. The storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising: an image information region in which the catalog information is stored.
7. The storage medium of claim 6 , wherein: the audio region comprises an audio management (AMG) region having management information on the audio data, and the at least one ATS in which the audio data is recorded; and the image information region comprises a catalog management (CMG) region having management information on the catalog information, and a catalog title set (CTS) in which at least one title catalog of the catalog information related to each item of the audio data is recorded.
8. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the CTS comprises information on still pictures formed of a plurality of the title catalogs and sub-pictures relating to the audio data, and navigation information for controlling the information on the still pictures and the sub-pictures.
9. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the AMG region comprises catalog playback information to connect the audio data and the catalog information during playback.
10. The storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising: a catalog information region in which the catalog information is stored.
11. The storage medium of claim 6 , wherein: the audio region comprises an audio management (AMG) region having management information on the audio data, and the at least one ATS in which the audio data is recorded; and a catalog information region comprises a catalog management (CMG) region having management information on the catalog information, and a catalog title set (CTS) having a plurality of program chains, wherein a first one of the program chains includes the common catalog information, and remaining ones of the programs chains include the title catalog data having information corresponding to each distinct item of the audio data, respectively.
12. The storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the AMG region comprises the catalog playback information to connect the audio data and the catalog information during playback.
13. The storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the storage medium is a digital versatile disk (DVD).
14. The storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising: an audio region in which the audio data is stored and the catalog information is stored in a predetermined area of the audio region; and a catalog information region which contains no information.
15. A storage medium, comprising: an audio data stored in the storage medium; catalog playback information; and catalog information related to the audio data and stored in a catalog information region of the storage medium other than an audio region, wherein: the audio region comprises: an audio data region in which the audio data is recorded, and an audio information region including the catalog playback information for connecting the audio data to the catalog information during playback, and the catalog information region comprises a catalog management (CMG) region having management information on the catalog information, and a catalog title set (CTS) in which at least one catalog title including the catalog information related to each item of the audio data is recorded.
16. A storage medium, comprising: an audio data area having audio data; catalog information related to the audio data and stored in a predetermined area of the storage medium other than the audio data area; and catalog playback information disposed in the audio data area and which connects the audio data to the catalog information during playback, wherein the catalog information comprises common catalog playback information commonly applied for more than one item of the audio data recorded on the storage medium, and title catalog information corresponding to individual items of the audio data.
17. A storage medium, comprising: an audio data area having audio data; catalog information related to the audio data and stored in a predetermined area of the storage medium other than the audio data area; and catalog playback information stored in the audio data area and which connects the audio data to the catalog information during playback, wherein: the catalog information comprises: common catalog playback information commonly applied for more than one item of the audio data recorded on the storage medium, and title catalog playback information corresponding to each of the audio data the predetermined area in which is stored the catalog information comprises: a catalog management (CMG) region having management information on the catalog information, and a catalog title set (CTS) in which at least one catalog title including the catalog information related to each item of the audio data is recorded.
18. A storage medium, comprising: an audio region comprising: an audio management (AMG) region having management information on audio data and catalog playback information, and an audio title set (ATS) which includes the audio data; and an image information region other than the audio region and which comprises: a catalog management (CMG) region having management information on catalog information, and a catalog title set (CTS) which includes the catalog information related to each item of the audio data, wherein, during reproduction, the catalog playback information connects the audio data and the catalog information.
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August 8, 2001
January 13, 2004
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